Reflection 2

         Being a young girl all i wanted to do was learn to braid my Barbie's hair, since that is all I played with. I got so tired of their long flowing hair and tired of just cutting it. I use to watch my cousin braid her hair in seconds like it was nothing, I was jealous!
         After constantly trying to braid my Barbies hair and it always being in a knot, eventually I would cut it again. Right away I went to my older cousin Michele and she showed me how to separate hair into three sections. Trying to separate the hair into three even sections was the easy part. Then all of a sudden she was speeding so fast over and under, over and under was all she kept saying, eventually mine looked like a twisted frizzy mess.
         I was so upset that I just couldn't get the hang of it, this was all I wanted to learn. So my aunt told me to come back to their house again tomorrow and Michele would be able to help me. So I listened, I showed up the next day with all new Barbie's with long hair. My aunt had talked to my cousin that she needed to have patience with me and to make the lesson fun.
         We sat side by side with my Barbie's in front of us, we were focused and determined to teach me how to braid hair. First, my cousin let me watch her braid her own hair. Then, she did my hair and I loved it! Now it was time to tackle the task of all time, well it seemed that way at least. My cousin started to sing in a gentle voice "Over and under, that's the way to braid." I still couldn't get the hang of it, os she took my hands. With her hands and mine we were weaving a braid together so I could feel the flow of it.
          After, all of this I kept practicing so much and eventually I had accomplished the ultimate goal, a braid!
          I never really knew about the portfolio until I  came to college. I was always use to the hard copy of a portfolio ever since elementary school. So far all my teachers are talking about this portfolio and finally I am starting to get a grip of it.